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Lorde announces North American tour

Lorde has announced a new strand of tour dates behind her new album Melodrama. After announcing European and Australasian shows last week, the singer has now announced North American shows set to go through March and into April next year. Find the full itinerary here. Melodrama, out today, is the follow-up to Pure Heroine.

Lorde:

09-26 Manchester, England – 02 Apollo
09-27 London, England – Alexandra Palace
09-30 Brighton, England – Brighton Centre
10-01 Birmingham, England – 02 Academy
10-02 Glasgow, Scotland – 02 Academy
10-04 Tilburg, Netherlands – 013
10-05 Paris, France – Zenith
10-06 Antwerp, Belgium – Lotto Arena
10-08 Lyon, France – Transbordeur
10-09 Barcelona, Spain – Saint Jordi Club
10-11 Munich, Germany – Zenith
10-12 Milan, Italy – Fabrique
10-14 Cologne, Germany – Palladium
10-15 Berlin, Germany – Tempodrome
10-17 Stockholm, Sweden – Annexet
10-18 Oslo, Norway – Sentrum Scene
10-19 Trondheim, Norway – UKA 17 Festival
11-07 Dunedin, New Zealand – Town Hall
11-08 Christchurch, New Zealand – Isaac Theatre Royal
11-09 Christchurch, New Zealand – Isaac Theater Royal
11-11 Wellington, New Zealand – Michael Fowler Centre
11-12 Auckland, New Zealand – Power Station
11-14 Auckland, New Zealand – Power Station
11-15 Auckland, New Zealand – Power Station
11-18 Perth, Australia – Kings Park
11-21 Sydney, Australia – Sydney Opera House Forecourt
11-23 Brisbane, Australia – Riverstage
11-25 Canberra, Australia – Spilt Milk Festival
11-26 Melbourne, Australia – Sidney Myer Music Bowl
03-01 Milwaukee, WI – BMO Harris Bradley Center
03-02 St. Louis, MO – Chaifetz Arena
03-03 Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center
03-05 Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
03-08 Vancouver, British Columbia – Rogers Arena
03-10 Portland, OR – Moda Center at the Rose Garden
03-12 Sacramento, CA – Golden1 Center
03-13 Oakland, CA – Oracle Arena
03-14 Los Angeles, CA – STAPLES Center
03-16 Glendale, AZ – Gila River Arena
03-18 Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
03-19 Houston, TX – Toyota Center
03-21 Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
03-23 St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
03-24 Lincoln, NE – Pinnacle Arena
03-25 Des Moines, IA – Wells Fargo Arena
03-27 Rosemont, IL – Allstate Arena
03-28 Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
03-29 Toronto, Ontario – Air Canada Centre
03-31 Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center
04-02 Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
04-03 Boston, MA – TD Garden
04-04 Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
04-06 Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
04-07 Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
04-08 Washington, D.C. – The Anthem
04-11 Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena
04-12 Miami, FL – American Airlines Arena
04-14 Duluth, GA – Infinite Energy Center
04-15 Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena

clipping. to soundtrack Daveed Diggs’ new rapping mayor TV show

“The Mayor” is an upcoming sitcom about a struggling rapper who becomes mayor after trying to promote his new mixtape by entering the race. clipping. rapper and an original Hamilton cast member Daveed Diggs has been signed as its executive producer. It also has been announced that clipping. has recorded all the original music for the show, as Entertainment Weekly reports. “The Mayor” will debut this fall on ABC. Watch the trailer for the show below.

Listen to Stevie Nicks’ new song “Your Hand I Will Never Let It Go”

Stevie Nicks has come out with a new song titled “You’re Hand I Will Never Let It Go” and it will appear in the film The Book of Henry. The song has a new lyric video, which can be watched below. The song was written by Doveman’s Thomas Barlett and Guster’s Ryan Miller. The Book of Henry is an independent drama starring Naomi Watts and Maddie Ziegler and premieres June 16th. The single is the first solo work Nicks has released since her 2014 album 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault.

Neon Indian’s Alan Palomo scores new Sci-Fi film

Alan Palomo, aka Neon Indian, has scored his first film, an upcoming sci-fi movie named Everything Beautiful Is Far Away. It is directed by Pete Ohs, who has also directed videos for Best Coast and Wavves, and stars Julia Garner and Joseph Cross. The film, according to a press release, is about “a trio—a guy, his robot head companion and a determined young woman—who traverse a planet in search of a mythical lake.” Palomo’s score can be heard in a new film teaser; watch it below. Everything Beautiful Is Far Away will premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 21st.

Washed Out announces new album Mister Mellow

Ernest Greene, or Washed Out has announced a new visual album called Mister Mellow. It is the follow-up to 2013’s Paracosm and it is set to arrive June 30th via Stones Throw. Greene created the project almost entirely alone over two years, with his only collaborator was mix engineer Cole M. G. N. Mister Mellow will include the previously released track “Get Lost.” Below, watch the project’s trailer, which shows shots of pills falling in slow motion and moving psychedelic patterns. Scroll down for the tracklist and find the album art above.

Mister Mellow:

01 Title Card
02 Burn Out Blues
03 Time Off
04 Floating By
05 I’ve Been Daydreaming My Entire Life
06 Hard to Say Goodbye
07 Down and Out
08 Instant Calm
09 Zonked
10 Get Lost
11 Easy Does It
12 Million Miles Away

Watch Mac DeMarco perform “One More Love Song” on “Fallon”

Mac DeMarco made his network television debut on“The Tonight Show,” singing “One More Love Song” off his recently released album This Old Dog. Jimmy Fallon prefaced the performance by saying, “I’m tellin’ you, this is gonna win some awards.” Watch it below. DeMarco wore a shirt featuring himself and John Cena who was also a guest on the show during the program. DeMarco and Cena met each other at one point during the taping, which can also be found below.

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Watch Radiohead play “I Promise” for first time in 21 years

Radiohead performed at the Oslo Spektrum in Norway today for their second show of their European tour. The band played the recently released OK Computer-era song “I Promise,” the first live performance of the song since 1996 during the set. “Normally, I don’t think we’re the sort of people to look back,” Yorke said before playing the track. “But, it was interesting, when we did, what a bunch of nutters we were, and probably still are. One of the things—one of the crazy things we did was not release this song, because we didn’t think it was good enough.” Watch it be performed below.

Radiohead recently released a new video for “I Promise” which can be released as well.

Alvvays announce new album Antisocialites, share new song “In Undertow”

The indie pop band Alvvays have announced their second album, Antisocialites. It is the follow-up to their 2014 self-titled debut LP. It is set to be out September 8th via Polyvinyl/Transgressive. In a press release, frontwoman Molly Rankin said, “This record is a fantasy breakup arc and my life nearly imitated art.” Listen to a new song from Antisocialites called “In Undertow,” the Antisocialites tracklist and Alvvays’ upcoming tour dates below.

Antisocialites:

01 In Undertow
02 Dreams Tonite
03 Plimsoll Punks
04 Your Type
05 Not My Baby
06 Hey
07 Lollipop (Ode to Jim)
08 Already Gone
09 Saved by a Waif
10 Forget About Life

Alvvays:

08-05 Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza
08-05 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
08-26 Belgrave Music Hall – Leeds, UK
08-27 Glasgow, Scotland – St. Luke’s
08-28 Sheffield, England – Leadmill
08-29 Southhampton, England – Talking Heads
09-01 Larmer Tree Garden, England – End of the Road Festival
09-03 Burmingham, England – Institute 2
09-04 Nottingham, England – Rescue Rooms
09-06 Oxford, England – Bullingdon Arms
09-07 Manchester, England – Gorilla
09-08 London, England – KoKo
09-09 Bristol, England – Thekla
09-11 Paris, France – Point Ephemere
09-12 Cologne, Germany – Blue Shell
09-13 Hamburg, Germany – Molotow
09-14 Berlin, Germany – Musik & Frieden
09-17 Utrecht, Netherlands – Ekko
09-18 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Bitterzoet
09-30 Long Beach, CA – Music Tastes Good Festival
10-03 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
10-05 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
10-06 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
10-07 Washington, DC – Rock & Roll Hotel
10-11 Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
10-12 Nashville, TN – Exit / In
10-13 Birmingham, AL – Saturn
10-14 New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks
10-16 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
10-17 Austin, TX – Mohawk
10-18 Dallas, TX – Trees
10-20 Santa Fe, NM – Meow Wolf
10-21 Pheonix, AZ – Valley Bar
10-24 San Francisco, CA – Fillmore
10-27 Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
10-28 Seattle, WA – The Showbox
10-30 Salt Late City, UT – Urban Lounge
10-31 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
11-02 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
11-03 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
11-04 Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
12-13 Toronto, Ontario – Mod Club
12-14 Toronto, Ontario – Mod Club
12-15 Toronto, Ontario – Mod Club
12-16 Toronto, Ontario – Mod Club

M.I.A. announces new song “GOALS”

M.I.A. has announced a new song called “GOALS” and it features production from Branko, who worked on her last album AIM as well. The track is set to be out tomorrow, according to a tweet from M.I.A, she also previewed the song on Periscope back in January. She also shared the new track “P.O.W.A.” earlier this year and an alternate version of AIM’s “A.M.P.”

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Crystal Castles announce tour

Crystal Castles are on tour currently behind their latest album Amnesty (I), and they have just expanded their itinerary up until the end of 2017. They will end the momentum of their tour in Toronto this November. Find the full itinerary below.

Crystal Castles:

06-08 Mexico City, Mexico – El Plaza Condensa
06-09 Monterrey, Mexico – Auditorio Rio 70
06-11 Manchester, Tennessee – Bonnaroo
06-16 London, England – Meltdown Royal Festival Hall
06-25 Mountain View, California – Id10t
07-12-16 Dour, Belgium – Dour
07-18 Saint Petersburg, Russia – Green Room
07-20 Krasnodar, Russia – Arena Hall
07-21 Moscow, Russia – Yota Space
07-23 Ekaterinburg, Russia – Tele-club
07-24-29 Emmaboda, Sweden – Emmaboda
08-04-06 Montreal, Quebec – Osheaga
08-26 Puebla, Mexico – Canchas De Xaltepec
09-28 2017 Boston, Massachusetts – Royale
09-29 Brooklyn, New York – Brooklyn Steel
09-30 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
10-06-08 Austin, Texas – Austin City Limits Festival
10-13-15 Austin, Texas – Austin City Limits Festival
10-10 El Paso, Texas – Tricky Falls
10-18 El Paso, Texas – Tricky Falls
10-19 Albuquerque, New Mexico – El Rey Theater
10-21 Los Angeles, California – The Wiltern
10-20-22 Phoenix, Arizona – Lost Lake Festival
10-24 Santa Ana, California – The Observatory
10-25 San Diego, California – The Observatory North Park
11-02 Seattle, Washington – Showbox
11-03 Vancouver, British Columbia – The Vogue
11-04 Portland, Oregon – Roseland Theater
11-08 Minneapolis, Minnesota – First Avenue
11-09 Madison, Wisconsin – Majestic Theatre
11-11 Columbus, Ohio – Newport Music Hall
11-14 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Underground Arts
11-17 Toronto, Ontario – Danforth Music Hall